Alfredo Gomez is pictured with his attorney, Feb. 12, 2014. Gomez is the first suspect to go to trial in a bloody shootout that started about 2 p.m. on Nov. 21, 2011.

Alfredo Gomez is pictured with his attorney, Feb. 12, 2014. Gomez is the first suspect to go to trial in a bloody shootout that started about 2 p.m. on Nov. 21, 2011.

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Mug shot of Alfredo Gomez Jr, (dob 11-09-92) who is charged with capital murder for the November 2011 death of Lawrence Chapa, who a truck driver who was working as a drug informant when he was shot to death in Harris County. Gomez is scheduled to stand trial Jan. 6, 2013. Gomez is one of five people charged with capital murder in the death. less

Mug shot of Alfredo Gomez Jr, (dob 11-09-92) who is charged with capital murder for the November 2011 death of Lawrence Chapa, who a truck driver who was working as a drug informant when he was shot to death ... more

Photo: Harris County Sheriff Office

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Officers from multiple agencies work at the scene of a shooting in which Drug Enforcement Administration informant Lawrence Chapa, who was posing as a truck driver to infiltrate the drug world, was shot to death at Hollister near Champions Walk Lane Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, in Houston.
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Officers from multiple agencies work at the scene of a shooting in which Drug Enforcement Administration informant Lawrence Chapa, who was posing as a truck driver to infiltrate the drug world, was shot to ... more

Photo: James Nielsen, Houston Chronicle

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A Harris County Sheriffs Deputy takes a man into custody at the scene of a shooting on Hollister near Bourgeois Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, in Houston.
( James Nielsen / Chronicle )

A Harris County Sheriffs Deputy takes a man into custody at the scene of a shooting on Hollister near Bourgeois Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, in Houston.
( James Nielsen / Chronicle )

Photo: James Nielsen, Houston Chronicle

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A Harris County Sheriffs Deputy takes a man into custody at the scene of a shooting on Hollister near Bourgeois Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, in Houston.
( James Nielsen / Chronicle )

A Harris County Sheriffs Deputy takes a man into custody at the scene of a shooting on Hollister near Bourgeois Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, in Houston.
( James Nielsen / Chronicle )

Photo: James Nielsen, Houston Chronicle

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A Harris County Sheriffs Deputy takes a man into custody at the scene of a shooting on Hollister near Bourgeois Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, in Houston.
( James Nielsen / Chronicle )

A Harris County Sheriffs Deputy takes a man into custody at the scene of a shooting on Hollister near Bourgeois Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, in Houston.
( James Nielsen / Chronicle )

Photo: James Nielsen, Houston Chronicle

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A Harris County Sheriffs Deputy takes a man into custody at the scene of a shooting on Hollister near Bourgeois Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, in Houston.
( James Nielsen / Chronicle )

A Harris County Sheriffs Deputy takes a man into custody at the scene of a shooting on Hollister near Bourgeois Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, in Houston.
( James Nielsen / Chronicle )

Photo: James Nielsen, Houston Chronicle

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A Harris County Sheriffs Deputy takes a man into custody at the scene of a shooting on Hollister near Bourgeois Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, in Houston.
( James Nielsen / Chronicle )

A Harris County Sheriffs Deputy takes a man into custody at the scene of a shooting on Hollister near Bourgeois Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, in Houston.
( James Nielsen / Chronicle )

Photo: James Nielsen, Houston Chronicle

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Officers from multiple law enforcement agencies work at the scene of a shooting on Hollister near Bourgeois Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, in Houston.
( James Nielsen / Chronicle )

Officers from multiple law enforcement agencies work at the scene of a shooting on Hollister near Bourgeois Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, in Houston.
( James Nielsen / Chronicle )

Photo: James Nielsen, Houston Chronicle

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Officers from multiple agencies work at the scene of a shooting on Hollister near Champions Walk Lane Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, in Houston.
( James Nielsen / Chronicle )

Officers from multiple agencies work at the scene of a shooting on Hollister near Champions Walk Lane Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, in Houston.
( James Nielsen / Chronicle )

Photo: James Nielsen, Houston Chronicle

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Officers from multiple agencies work at the scene of a shooting on Hollister near Champions Walk Lane Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, in Houston.
( James Nielsen / Chronicle )

Officers from multiple agencies work at the scene of a shooting on Hollister near Champions Walk Lane Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, in Houston.
( James Nielsen / Chronicle )

Photo: James Nielsen, Houston Chronicle

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Alfred Gomez is the first of five men arrested in the November 2011 shooting death of Lawrence Chapa, who had been a police drug informant, to go on trial.

Alfred Gomez is the first of five men arrested in the November 2011 shooting death of Lawrence Chapa, who had been a police drug informant, to go on trial.

Photo: Johnny Hanson

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Suspect in Houston informant's death claims he was framed

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No fingerprints, no DNA and no videotape link Alfredo Gomez to a drug sting that turned into a deadly daylight shoot-out in November 2011.

The 21-year-old has been set up, his attorneys said Wednesday during opening statements of Gomez's capital murder trial.

Deadly gunfight

Prosecutors contend Gomez was in the middle of the chaotic gunbattle that ended with an informant's death, but escaped in all the confusion.

"This is an old-fashioned frame-up," defense attorney Dan Gerson told jurors about four co-defendants in the case. "These people have succeeded in pointing the finger at Alfredo Gomez."

Gomez is the first suspect to go to trial in a bloody shootout that started about 2 p.m. on Nov. 21, 2011.